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The general aims of the Workshop are to bring together researchers of linguistics and related disciplines in a unified context as well as to discuss the development of experimental methodologies in linguistic research with reference to linguistic theory, linguistic models and language applications.

Researchers are invited to submit abstracts for the upcoming ISCA Workshop on Experimental Linguistics to be held Aug. 28-30 2006 in Athens, Greece. More information at http://www.experimentallinguistics.com.

The Hispanic Linguistics Symposium focuses on all aspects of Hispanic linguistics, including not only Spanish but also Portuguese and other Peninsular and/or contact varieties of the Americas. This year it will take place at the University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

The 2006 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium

The University of Western Ontario

Invited Speakers

David Heap, The University of Western Ontario Conxita Lleó, Universität Hamburg Pieter Muysken, Radboud University Nijmegen Bill VanPatten, University of Illinois at Chicago Lydia White, McGill University Karen Zagona, University of Washington

Papers are invited on original and unpublished research on all aspects in the domains of theoretical linguistics, sociolinguistics, and language acquisition of Spanish, Portuguese or other Iberian languages, including:

Acquisition of phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and the lexicon Acquisition of discourse and pragmatics Differences and similarities between L1, L2 and bilingual acquisition Normal and impaired acquisition Acquisition in language contact situations First and second language attrition and loss Acquisition in language contact situations Classroom second language acquisition

Syntax Morphology Phonology Semantics Discourse Pragmatics

Submission Guidelines

Abstract deadline: March 15th , 2006.

Abstracts must be at most one page long on a letter-size sheet (8'''1/2 by 11''') with one-inch margins and typed in at least 12-point font. An optional second page is permitted for data and references. Abstracts must be anonymous.

Submissions are limited to 1 individual and one joint abstract per author or two joint abstracts per author.

Abstracts must be submitted as a PDF file and sent as an attachment to the following e-mail address: joycebguwo.ca